French edition of Le Parisien examines the reasons for the success of the film Paper Lives

Paper Lives / Des Vies froissées

The largest edition of France, Le Parisien, which has been published since 1944 and owned by the international conglomerate LVMH, has posted a long article dedicated to the outstanding success of the movie Paper Lives / Des Vies froissées on Netflix. According to journalists, the film, which was released without any advertising, catapulted into the top 10 most popular Netflix projects around the world. Without a doubt, thanks to its deepest humanism.

Like the previous Turkish phenomenon Miracle in the cell N7, the movie was released very quietly on March 12, but immediately hit the top. This movie is a must-see before you run into spoilers. The audience was shocked by the unexpected ending and this caused a great emotional reaction.

The beginning of the story suggests that we will have a classic melodrama, a little academic in form, but the story turns out to be cruel, although it takes place against the backdrop of beautiful views of Istanbul and light and beautiful scenes with swimming in the Bosphorus.

This film is similar to the scavenger Mehmet, whom we see, but we pass by without noticing. This is not a trivial story about the complexities of life. This is the story that struck the light in the tunnel of the American platform. And it found its audience. Perhaps because such Mehmets live not only in Istanbul, they are in any big city near us. Only we try not to notice them. This film shows not only his little cart, but childhood traumas, things from the past that memory clings to.